<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Yom Kippur, 5781 </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">(Day of Atonement, 2020)</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">The fires raged</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">and the smoke encircled </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">the globe.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Eveywhere</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">people breathed</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">bitter remnants</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">of ancient trees,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">fleeing, frightened animals,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">burning toxins,</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">particles of human flesh.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Breath deeply now</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">this bitter communion</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">of atonement.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Cambria;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Dianne Monroe</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Arial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></div></body></html>